The definitive, authorized illustrated history of the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band

The Rolling Stones

Produced in collaboration with the band, this SUMO-sized book charts the Stones’ remarkable history and outrageously cool lifestyle. With one-of-a-kind archival access, it features over 500 pages of incredible images, illustrations, and a foreword written by President Bill Clinton.

Collector’s Edition (No. 451–1,600), each numbered and signed by the band members of the Rolling Stones

The kind of fame and success The Rolling Stones have achieved in their 50-years and counting career is without parallel; their most famous riffs and catchiest lyrics are indelibly engraved in our collective memory. With their bluesy rock ‘n’ roll and mesmerizing off and onstage presence, the Stones redefined the music of the 1960s and 1970s and paved the way for rock as we know it today. They also set the standard for how a rock band should look and behave. Produced in close collaboration with the band, this book charts the Stones’ remarkable history and outrageously cool lifestyle in over 500 pages of photographs and illustrations, many previously unseen, and gathered from archives all over the world. Unprecedented access to the Rolling Stones’ own archives in New York and London adds an equally extraordinary, more private side to their story. For Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie this is their official photographic record.

Three new essays from award-winning writers David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak, and Luc Sante

Appendix including Stones in the media, a Stones timeline, a discography, and photographers’ biographies

Collector’s Edition (No. 451–1,600), all numbered and signed by Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie!

Also available in six Art Editions, each limited to 75 copies and with a signed photographic print.

The editor

Reuel Golden is former editor of the British Journal of Photography. His TASCHEN titles include Capitol Records, Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, Andy Warhol. Polaroids, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, and the National Geographic editions.

“…This book isn’t just the story of The Rolling Stones, but also of the photographers who kept their fingers on the pulse of the times. The photos are unshakeable proof that the Stones are the greatest we’ve ever had.”

— Rogue Magazine, Makati City

“If it's large-scale satisfaction you crave for your super fan, this 13-inch-by-13-inch tome will do the trick…”

— Associated Press, New York

“Surely the coolest addition to anyone’s coffee table.”

— Jaeger Journal, London

“A mammoth photography book with about 500 pages of glossy images, as well as illustrations, spanning more than half a century.”

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